Inside the walls of the Supreme Court.
The Dispatch→ Under Trump, Process Is for Suckers
The guiding principle of the president’s second term is ‘just do things.’
The Dispatch→ Hamas’ Chief Negotiator Is a Terrorist, Not a Peacemaker
Khalil al-Hayya helped plan the October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel and has called it a ‘source of pride.’
The Dispatch→ Trump’s World Liberty Financial Windfall
Public trading in a token issued by the Trump family’s crypto venture boosts the value of the president’s digital holdings.
The Dispatch→ How Creative Destruction Drives Capitalism
The innately human desire to innovate causes upheaval that leads to transformative gains.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Banksy London Wall Art Did NOT Show Judge Striking Protester Holding English Flag — It Was A White Placard Splashed With Blood
Did a mural painted by Banksy on a wall at London's Royal Courts of Justice depict a judge striking a protester lying on the ground and holding an English flag? No, that's not true: The original Banksy wall art featured a protester holdin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Banksy London Wall Art Did NOT Show Judge Striking Protester Holding English Flag — It Was A White Placard Splashed With Blood
Did a mural painted by Banksy on a wall at London's Royal Courts of Justice depict a judge striking a protester lying on the ground and holding an English flag? No, that's not true: The original Banksy wall art featured a protester holdin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alyssa Milano Did NOT Say She Had ‘No Idea’ How To Use $1.2M USAID Grant — Satire Site Story
Did Alyssa Milano say she had "no idea" that she was supposed to report what she used her $1.2 million USAID grant for? No, that's not true: That story originated on a satirical Facebook page that clearly labels its content as fake. The o
The Dispatch→ The Tariff Shutdown
How Democrats should use their leverage.
PolitiFact→ The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions
Was the US attack against a ‘drug-carrying boat’ legal?
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, these salt trucks weren’t trying to stop ICE operations in Chicago
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign A Law Eliminating Income Taxes On Anyone Earning Less Than $120,000
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of King’s Guard Punching A Tourist Is NOT Real — AI-Generated Scene
Did one of the King's Guard in Whitehall, London lash out and punch a disrespectful tourist who was pestering him? No, that's not true: This video is not real. The original video posted on TikTok has a disclaimer included in the caption w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Phillies Karen" Was NOT fired by Public School District In Hammonton New Jersey — School’s Statement: She Has Never Been An Employee
Did the woman, now known as "Phillies Karen", lose her job as an administrator at the Hammonton New Jersey Public School District after a viral video showed a confrontation over a home-run ball? No, that's not true: Posts falsely identifi
Full Fact→ Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked
A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham.
Full Fact→ Media correct asylum hotel claims, but government minister doesn’t
Internet Archive→ President Trump Speaks to Reporters Returning from U.S. Open : CSPAN : September 8, 2025 10:03am-10:17am EDT
President Trump spoke to reporters as he returned to the White House from the U.S. Open tennis finals in New York, answering questions on a variety of topics including the arrest of hundreds of South Korean workers from a Hyundai battery plant in Georg
AllSides→ RFK Jr. Cherry-Picks and Misuses Data on Aluminum-Containing Vaccines
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/rfk-jr-cherry-picks-and-misuses-data-on-aluminum-containing-vaccines/
The Dispatch→ Junkie Thinking
The pathology of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Dispatch→ America’s New War on the Cartel
Does the president have the power to do this? And will it work?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Skit Of Woman Annoying Man By Bashing Tray Table Against Airplane Seat Is NOT Real
Does a video of a woman in a green shirt bashing a tray table against the airplane seat of the man in front of her show a real incident? No, that's not true: The video clip of the man getting annoyed and eventually moving to the seat behi
The Dispatch→ Death and Discovery at the Edge of the World
The frontier spirit still flickers in Earth’s upper reaches.
The Dispatch→ Will Michigan Democrats’ Three-Way Senate Battle Hurt Them in 2026?
A bruising primary to replace Sen. Gary Peters could help Republicans flip the open seat.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of A Lion And Robot Meeting With Either ‘Scared’ Is NOT Real — Created With Google Veo3
Is a video of an African lion meeting a robot with either one of them being scared authentic? No, that's not true: The original version of the viral video includes a Veo3 watermark in the lower right corner, indicating it was made with Go
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Of Venezuelan F-16 Was Published BEFORE U.S. Airstrike And U.S. Navy Destroyer Flyby Incident
Does a viral video show the incident where two Venezuelan F-16s flew near an American warship on September 4, 2025? No, that's not true: The video clip in question has been online since August 30, 2025. This is before both the U.S. airstr
The Dispatch→ Will Pope Leo XIV Slow the AI Blitzkrieg?
His namesake shaped the Catholic Church and history. Can the new pope?
The Dispatch→ The Monthly Mailbag With Zachary Shemtob
The executive editor of SCOTUSblog answers your questions.
The Dispatch→ Can We Be Earnest Again?
In an age of irony, honesty deserves serious thought.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on the Military Strike in the Caribbean Sea
The U.S. eliminates a boat off the coast of Venezuela.
The Dispatch→ We Scold These Truths | Solo
On rights and their origins.
The Dispatch→ No, President Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Generated $8 Trillion in Revenue
The federal government has taken in roughly $160 billion through tariffs in 2025.
The Dispatch→ A New History of ‘The Projects’
Charting the rise and fall of public housing in the United States.
The Dispatch→ Our Summer Book Picks
What to read when you’re not reading The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The False Promises of Protein-Packing
A protein bar can still be junk food. Do Americans care?
The Dispatch→ A Tale of Two Hearings
RFK Jr. returns to the Senate Finance panel after a raft of anti-vax actions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Nurse Arrested For Stealing Rolex From Dying Patient Is A Staged Skit
Is a video of a nurse being arrested after she stole a $45,000 Rolex from a dying patient real? No, that's not true: It is a scripted skit with actors, originally posted on a YouTube account that acknowledges it makes fictional videos for
Internet Archive→ Pres. Trump Speaks at Rose Garden Dinner : CSPAN : September 5, 2025 8:03pm-8:27pm EDT
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The Dispatch→ Sick Puppies
Will the right split over vaccines?
The Dispatch→ Sick Puppies
Will the right split over vaccines?
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Cherry-Picks and Misuses Data on Aluminum-Containing Vaccines
A large Danish study recently provided reassurance that aluminum-containing vaccines are not associated with increased rates of chronic health conditions in children, including autism. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misr